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How do I setup hotlink protection?

Here we will show you how to setup hotlink protection in cPanel.

1 Login to your cPanel 2 Scroll down to the security section 3 Click on hotlink protection 4 At the top, you can toggle hotlink protection to be enabled, or disabled 5 Below this, you can enter urls that are allowed access 6 Next, you can specify which file types to block 7 Here we have blocked a series of image file types 8 The allow direct requests checkbox, allows users to see the image if they enter the full URL of the image in a browser 9 This may need to be checked in some cases, such as when a visitor is viewing something in QuickTime 10 In the last field you can redirect any hotlink to a URL of your choice 11 In this example we are redirecting to a jpg 12 When you are happy with the settings click submit to save them.